fiddler crab: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: The Spruce Pets - How to Care for a Pet Fiddler Crab. May 29, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society - Biology Letters - Fiddler crab claws work as a deflection antipredator defence. Apr 24, 2026
Add new Web site: Communications Biology - Fiddler crabs (Afruca tangeri) detect second-order motion in both intensity and polarization. Jan 31, 2026
Add new Web site: CellPress - Current Biology - Fiddler crabs. Dec 20, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC Ecology and Evolution - Evolutionary variation in the mechanics of fiddler crab claws. Jul 05, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Systematics and Biogeography of Fiddler Crabs Β–A Special Issue in Zoological Studies. May 10, 2025
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Fiddler Crab. Dec 13, 2022
Added video. May 21, 2015
Media added. Feb 12, 2009
Article revised and updated. Nov 07, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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